Tim Daggett

{{Infobox gymnast

| name = Tim Daggett

| image = Tim Daggett 1984b.jpg

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| caption = Daggett in 1984

| full_name = Timothy Patrick Daggett

| country = United States

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1962|05|22}}

| birth_place = Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S.

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| height = 165 cm

| discipline = MAG

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| collegeteam = UCLA Bruins

| headcoach = Art Shurlock

| assistcoach = Makoto Sakamoto

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| eponymousskills = Daggett (pommel horse)

| retired = 1988

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Timothy Patrick Daggett (born May 22, 1962) is a former American gymnast and an Olympic gold medalist. He is a graduate of West Springfield High School and UCLA, who competed in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, along with Bart Conner, Peter Vidmar and Mitch Gaylord.{{cite web

| author = UCLA History Project

| title = This Month in History, July 28 – Aug. 12, 1984… The 23rd Olympiad

| publisher = UC Regents

| url = http://www.uclahistoryproject.ucla.edu/fun/ThisMonth_AugOlympiad.asp

| accessdate = January 28, 2007

| archive-date = September 27, 2011

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110927221107/http://www.uclahistoryproject.ucla.edu/fun/ThisMonth_AugOlympiad.asp

| url-status = dead

}} There, Daggett scored a perfect 10 on the horizontal bar, assisting his team in winning a gold medal – the first for the U.S. men's gymnastics team in Olympic history.{{Cite news|url=http://nbcsportsgrouppressbox.com/bio/tim-daggett/|title=TIM DAGGETT|date=June 25, 2012|newspaper=NBC Sports Pressbox|language=en-US|access-date=January 18, 2017}} In addition to team gold, he earned an individual bronze medal on the pommel horse. In 2005, he was inducted into the United States Olympic Hall of Fame.{{Cite web|url=http://www.usghof.org/files/bio/t_daggett/t_daggett.html|title=Biography: DAGGETT, Tim|website=www.usghof.org|access-date=January 18, 2017}}

Personal life

In West Springfield, Massachusetts, at the age of 10, Daggett began his future career in gymnastics by enrolling in the Parks and Recreation program. Advancing quickly, Daggett was invited by the local high school coach to train with his team.{{Cite news|url=http://gymnastics.about.com/od/famousgymnasts/p/TimDaggett.htm|title=Gymnast: Tim Daggett|newspaper=About.com Sports|access-date=January 18, 2017|archive-date=January 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118222729/http://gymnastics.about.com/od/famousgymnasts/p/TimDaggett.htm|url-status=dead}} While he was a college student at UCLA, he competed in NCAA Division I gymnastics. He graduated from UCLA in 1986 with a degree in psychology.{{cite news |title=OLYMPICS; Olympic Profiles: Tim Daggett; Gymnast's Scars Spurring Him On |author=John Nielsen |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/04/17/sports/olympics-olympic-profiles-tim-daggett-gymnast-s-scars-spurring-him-on.html|newspaper=The New York Times |date=April 17, 1988 |accessdate=April 17, 2013 }}

Daggett is married to Deanne (née Lazer), formerly a collegiate-level gymnast at Eastern Michigan University and now an M.D. practicing anesthesiology. Their children are Peter and Carlie Daggett. Tim named his son Peter after teammate Peter Vidmar. Peter's son Tim is named after Tim Daggett. They all currently live in East Longmeadow, Massachusetts.

Medical history

Daggett's ankles had historically been weak. In 1980, Daggett dislocated one ankle shortly after having the other rebuilt. For months in 1986, he was forced to recover from his two ankles again being rebuilt. Immediately following the recovery during training, his horizontal bar release ended with him landing on his neck.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/04/17/sports/olympics-olympic-profiles-tim-daggett-gymnast-s-scars-spurring-him-on.html|title=OLYMPICS; Olympic Profiles: Tim Daggett; Gymnast's Scars Spurring Him On|last=Nielsen|first=John|date=April 17, 1988|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=January 18, 2017}} The result was a ruptured spinal disc, and left arm nerves were also damaged. Daggett, against doctor recommendations, ignored the proposed surgery, which would have ended his career, and caught mononucleosis following his recovery from the near-fatal landing. In Rotterdam, the 1987 world championships proved career-shattering for Daggett. On the vault, he snapped his tibia and fibula and severed one of his arteries following the impact from a pike Cuervo. He underwent surgeries adding and removing supportive braces and pins to his left leg. He was under sedation from morphine in hospitals for three months.

Post-retirement career

Since retiring from competitive gymnastics after the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Daggett has become a prominent television commentator, serving as the primary commentator for NBC's gymnastics coverage at the Olympic Games in

Barcelona, Atlanta, Sydney, Athens, Beijing, London, Rio, Tokyo, and Paris. He has provided expert analysis alongside Elfi Schlegel, Al Trautwig, John Tesh, Nastia Liukin, John Roethlisberger, Amanda Borden, and Andrea Joyce.

In addition to his broadcasting career, in 1990, Daggett founded Daggett Gold Medal Gymnastics, a gymnastics facility in Agawam, Massachusetts,{{cite web|accessdate=2025-02-19

|url=https://www.bbb.org/us/ma/agawam/profile/gymnastics-classes/tim-daggett-gold-medal-gymnastics-inc-0261-206632

|title=Tim Daggett Gold Medal Gymnastics, Inc.|publisher=Better Business Bureau®}}

which offered a range of programs for both recreational and competitive gymnasts. The facility featured Boys and Girls Team Programs, as well as classes for toddlers and young children. It also hosted open gym sessions for the public and offered a martial arts class.{{Cite web|url=http://www.daggettgymnastics.com/|title=Daggett Gymnastics|website=www.daggettgymnastics.com|language=en

|access-date=January 18, 2017

|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118225124/http://www.daggettgymnastics.com/|archivedate=2017-01-18}} Daggett coached the competitive Boys Junior Olympic Team Program and helped develop multiple gymnasts who have achieved national championship titles and earned spots on national teams.{{Cite news |last=Doyle |first=Bill |date=February 27, 2013 |title=Tuning In: Tim Daggett makes gymnastics sound so simple |url=http://telegram.com/story/news/local/north/2013/02/28/tuning-in-tim-daggett-makes/49063654007/ |website=telegram.com |access-date=February 19, 2025}} As of 2022, the gymnastics facility is now called Western Mass Gymnastics.{{cite web|accessdate=2025-02-19

|url=https://www.westernmassgym.com/about-western-mass-gymnastics|title=Western Mass Gymnastics|location=Agawam, Massachusetts}}{{cite web|accessdate=2025-02-19

|url=https://dailycollegian.com/2023/05/cheers-to-21-years-umass-club-gymnastics-celebrates-their-first-nationals-meet-after-hiatus/

|work=Daily Collegian |date=May 3, 2023 |first=Kalina |last=Kornack

|title=Cheers to 21 years: UMass club gymnastics celebrates their first Nationals meet after hiatus

|quote=Currently, the team is trying to donate a new pommel horse to Western Mass Gymnastics, owned by Darren Morace and former American Olympian gymnast Tim Daggett as they allow the team to use the facilities for free.}}

Additionally, Daggett organized and hosted the Tim Daggett National Invitational (TDNI), an annual gymnastics competition held every January at the Springfield MassMutual Center.{{cite web|accessdate=2025-02-19

|url=https://www.mymeetscores.com/fullteam.pl?teamid=24089|title=Tim Daggett Gold Medal Gymnastics|publisher=My Meet Scores}}This prestigious event attracted gymnasts from across the country to compete at a high level, showcasing emerging talent in the sport.

Eponymous skills

Daggett had one named element on the pommel horse, originally named in 1989, but removed from the code of points in 2000.{{Cite web |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/pdf/mag_named_elements.pdf |title=Table of Named Elements Men's Artistic Gymnastics |date=December 2023 |website=gymnastics.sport |access-date=August 13, 2024}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/publicdir/rules/files/en_1.1%20-%20MAG%20CoP%202025-2028.pdf |title=Men's Artistic Gymnastics Code of Points 2025–2028 |date=July 3, 2024 |website=gymnastics.sport |access-date=August 13, 2024}}

class="wikitable" \|+Gymnastics elements named after Tim Daggett
scope="col"\| Apparatus !scope="col"\| Name !scope="col"\| Description !scope="col"\| Difficulty !scope="col"\| Added to Code of Points
Pommel horse \| *Conner* \| "Scissor bw. with 1/2 counter turn" \| align=center\|Removed from CoP on December 31, 2000. \| align=center\|1989

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|+Gymnastics elements named after Tim Daggett

scope="col"| Apparatus

!scope="col"| Name

!scope="col"| Description

!scope="col"| Difficulty

!scope="col"| Added to Code of Points

Pommel horse

| Conner

| "Scissor bw. with 1/2 counter turn"

| align=center|Removed from CoP on December 31, 2000.

| align=center|1989